Legal Opinion
Valentine v. Huffman
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided July 22, 2003No. 1:99 CV 535PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
WELLS, District Judge.
Petitioner Michael Valentine was prosecuted, tried, and convicted of 20 carbon-copy counts of rape and 20 carbon-copy counts of felonious sexual penetration of a minor. None of the counts included a specific date. Each of the 40 counts charged that each crime occurred “March 1, 1995 to January 16, 1996,” a time-span of ten and one-half months, or 322 days.
Upon return of the two sets of 20 identical jury verdicts, Mr. Valentine was sentenced to serve 40 consecutive life sentences. The Ohio Court…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by2 opinions
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